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Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Prosecutors want to view the personnel records of a former Rochester police officer charged in the fatal shooting of his 38-year-old son in an Adirondack motel last summer.

Monday, April 29, 2013  State Senator John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, has proposed legislation that would allow for Family Court Clerks to provide juvenile records to prosecutors when a defendant is charged with a sex offense. Currently, those records are automatically sealed.

Friday, April 12, 2013  The case of accused murderer and child rapist David Renz may result in a significant change in the way sealed juvenile records of sex offenses are handled.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Federal prosecutors say a 66-year-old upstate New York man has admitted to having thousands of images of child pornography on his computer.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A woman claiming to be a prior victim of David Renz claims Renz sexually abused her in 1999, when she was 9-years-old and he was a teenager. The Onondaga County District Attorney's is looking into her claims.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A Syracuse man has been charged with pointing a gun at police after an incident on December 18, according to a release by U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Skidmore President Philip Glotzbach says the college's campus security office conducted an investigation and has turned the results over to Saratoga Springs police and the Saratoga County District Attorney's Office.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A 66-year-old central New York man has been sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million for staging a car crash to collect insurance.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A central New York man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for having thousands of child pornography images on his computer and distributing the images to others on the Internet.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  New Yorkers who got into minor trouble in Manhattan have been sentenced to Sandy -- to help with cleanup efforts after the devastating storm.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  A defense lawyer says an Occupy Wall Street protester plans to plead guilty in a disorderly conduct case that turned into a clash over law enforcement's access to social media postings.

Friday, November 09, 2012  A Rome man is accused of having a sexual encounter with a minor.

Friday, October 19, 2012  Authorities say a postal worker has admitted stealing prescription drugs out of the mail in northern New York.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Prosecutors say a grand jury will consider the case of a police officer who says he fatally shot his son at an Adirondacks motel after mistaking him for an intruder.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A 59-year-old man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for sending threatening letters to four New York judges while he was an inmate.